Re: Henry,Cornelius Degroft/Degraff

Brad, got your email...there is a Cornelis De Graff in the material I have, son of Abraham De Graff and possibly Catrina Voorhees.From a De Graff Genealogy from the NGS library:"They {Abraham and his brother, William} were both listed in an undated (thought to have been 1783) memorial to Congress of the Dutch Settlers there as friends who intended to settle in Kentucky (see Banta Genealogy p. 56) but I have no evidence that they went there.It is possible that the brothers stopped briefly in New Jersey before moving West since william is know to have married into a Jersey family."Cornelis is listed as baptised 3 Oct. 1779 Conewago.The reference also indicates that Abraham was "probably the Abraham who m. (2nd) Magdalina Van Zant 9 Feb 1790 at Conewago and had Cornelius bp. 14 Aug. 1791 Conewago."Naming a second son Cornelius may indicate the first Cornelis had died.Bob